History Characters / TheHatefulEight

* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler:He tells Sandy Smithers a story about how when Sandy's son came to collect the bounty on his head, Warren stripped him naked, walked him through the snow for hours, and then forced him to give him a blowjob in exchange for a blanket, which he didn't even give to him before killing him. This story successfully provokes Sandy into going for his gun so that Warren can kill him in self-defense.]]

* DepravedHomosexual: [[spoiler:On the off chance he actually did rape Chester to death, and if you interpret this as a statement of his personal preferences rather than him simply taking advantage of an opportunity to further degrade the man.]]

* StraightGay: [[spoiler:If his treatment of Smithers' son is true, and if you believe this indicates his sexuality rather than a pragmatic willingness to humiliate and degrade the man as thoroughly as possible.]]

* TheOnlyOneITrust: [[spoiler:Warren decides to trust him because he nearly drank the poisoned coffee and thus couldn't have been the one responsible for poisoning it]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:He chats/flirts with Six-Horse Judy in an almost adorably dorky manner... just before the gang puts its plan into motion and he kills her in cold blood.]]

* InformedFlaw: Minnie does not display that much racism toward Bob, despite what Warren says. It is possible, however, that Warren was lying about this trait to test Bob's reaction. [[spoiler:It's worth noting she barely interacted with Bob before being killed, so it's also possible that she ''is'' that prejudiced but never found out he is a Mexican.]]

* TheChewToy: She suffers constant abuse from John Ruth, which manages to be PlayedForLaughs because of its over-the-top nature and Daisy's hammy, defiant reactions. [[spoiler:Later subverted. The violence inflicted on her later in the film -- starting from about the time Ruth is poisoned -- is played almost entirely for drama.]]

* NobleBigot: He may be very racist, but he offers to buy Ruth and Warren dinner once they get to Red Rock and is a rather jovial and helpful fellow. [[spoiler:He's also one of the few lodgers who is not affiliated with Daisy's gang.]]

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler:He's the one who poisoned the coffee, causing the death of O.B. and Ruth (if it hadn't been for Domergue's interference in the latter case)]].

* AlwaysGetsHisMan: And he always gets them alive so as not to cheat the hangman. It's what earned him his nickname.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:A posthumous example when Daisy cuts off the arm of his corpse in an attempt to free herself.]]

!The Hateful Eight

[[folder:In General]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DemianBichir, Creator/BruceDern, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/WaltonGoggins, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/TimRoth

->'''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/ThierryDesroses (European French), Creator/BlasGarcia ([=LatAm=] Spanish, first dub), Creator/VictorHugoAguilar ([=LatAm=] Spanish redub)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KurtRussell\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/GerardoReyero ([=LatAm=] Spanish)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/DianaPerez ([=LatAm=] Spanish, first dub), Cony Madera ([=LatAm=] Spanish, redub)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/WaltonGoggins\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/SergioGutierrezCoto ([=LatAm=] Spanish, first dub), Creator/RicardoMendoza ([=LatAm=] Spanish, redub)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DemianBichir\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Rafael Pacheco ([=LatAm=] Spanish)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimRoth\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/HumbertoSolorzano ([=LatAm=] Spanish, first dub), Germán Fabregat ([=LatAm=] Spanish, redub)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelMadsen\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/SalvadorDelgado ([=LatAm=] Spanish, first dub), Creator/JavierRivero ([=LatAm=] Spanish)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/BruceDern\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/CesarArias ([=LatAm=] Spanish)

->'''Played by:''' James Parks\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/VincentRopion (European French)

!The Jody Domingre Gang

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChanningTatum\\
'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez ([=LatAm=] Spanish)

!Minnie's Haberdashery

The owner of Minnie's Haberdashery, her husband, workers, and stagecoach drivers in her employ.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DanaGourrier

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ZoeBell

->'''Played by:''' Gene Jones

->'''Played by:''' Keith Jefferson

->'''Played by:''' Belinda Owino

!!Bob/[[spoiler:Marco]] "the Mexican"

!!Oswaldo Mobray

!!Joe Gage

* GutturalGrowler: He has a raspy, deep, intimidating voice.

* GutturalGrowler: He has a rather harsh, raspy voice.

* {{Expy}}: Visually, his silver hair and whiskers make him resemble [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee Robert E. Lee]] himself. His backstory of involvement in murdering African-American soldiers and other war crimes seems to suggest inspiration from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest]], who was involved in the Fort Pillow massacre. That said, Forrest was considerably more competent, and the mistreatment (ranging from murder and torture to re-enslavement) of black prisoners was endemic throughout the Confederate armed forces, so he may simply be a generic Confederate who takes his look from Lee.

'''Dubbed by:''' Sergio Gutierrez Coto ([=LatAm=] Spanish, first dub), Creator/RicardoMendoza ([=LatAm=] Spanish, redub)

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Ruth, Warren and Mannix are far from clear-cut heroes, [[spoiler:but the others are either part of or aiding a band of ruthless criminals]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: Warren and Mannix are both unexpected members, and only came to present because they hitchhiked with Ruth. [[spoiler:They end up destroying the entire gang.]]

* AffablyEvil: He really isn't a very good person, and regularly kills for money. However, he's very easy to root for when compared to some of the other characters in the movie. He can cross into NominalHero territory if only half of what he says to goad the general is true.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: It's great fun watching him put the pieces together to figure out who is involved with Daisy's escape plot. He spots thread after thread after thread in a truly impressive series of {{Sherlock Scan}}s that leads to the unravelling of pretty much every aspect of the plan. [[spoiler:The one thing that undoes him is the one thing he couldn't predict -- another man hiding under the floorboards.]]

* BountyHunter: One of two in the movie. Unlike his counterpart John Ruth, Warren is somewhat more pragmatic, and prefers his bounties dead for transportation to the gallows whenever possible. He's introduced sitting on top of three of them.

* ConsummateLiar: One of his most defining traits is that he's lying practically half the time, either to drop folks' guards or to test them. [[spoiler:His Lincoln letter is a fake, designed to get people to respect a black man of authority. His details about Minnie are grossly over-exaggerated (if you don't believe him), created to get Bob to blow his cover. And his story of how he killed the General's son is suspect at best, spun to get him to try to kill him.]]

* {{Expy}}: ''The Hateful Eight'' was originally intended to be a sequel to ''[[Film/DjangoUnchained Django Unchained]]'' titled ''Django in White Hell''. It's clear that Marquis is based off of Django, if far less moral.

* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:With Chris. They hate each other at the start of the movie, but eventually band together to take down Jody's gang and develop a mutual respect.]]

* GuileHero: [[spoiler: When John Ruth and O.B. are killed via mysterious poisoning]], Warren is able to quickly take control of the spiraling situation through quick deductive reasoning and observation.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: His utter callousness towards everybody makes up a lot of the movie's humour.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: See IShallTauntYou. [[spoiler:Then there's what he does to Bob and Daisy.]]

* NominalHero: Unlike [[TokenGoodTeammate John Ruth]], he just wants to get paid for his work, and has no interest in lofty ideals of 'justice' for his bounties. [[{{Jerkass}} He's also kind of an asshole.]]

* OneManArmy: He boasts about having killed countless Confederates during the Civil War, and is pointed out by Mannix to have killed many Native Americans after that. And that's ''without'' counting his burning of a [=POW=] camp, in which 47 Confederate troops were killed.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Rather cruelly subverted; he offers General Smithers some stew and sits down to eat with him despite their initial animosity, and asks him about his family. It turns out he's just using it as an opportunity to twist the knife and gloat about how he killed his son.]]

* WouldHarmASenior: He knowingly [[spoiler:provokes the elderly General Smithers into attacking him so that he can have a reason to shoot him.]] Arguably downplayed, since Warren is an old man himself.

* AlwaysGetsHisMan: And he always gets them alive, so as to not cheat the hangman. It's what earned him his nickname.

* ChainedHeat: He is chained together with his prisoner, Daisy, in order to prevent her from escaping.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Unlike most of the characters, he isn't actively prejudiced and tries his best to be tolerant. However, he's not immune to some period racism. In one instance, he [[HypocriticalHumor rather humorously]] chastises Daisy for using a racial slur while using a racial slur.

* IronicName: "Ruth" means "kindness and mercy", virtues that John has '''neither''' of.

* MeaningfulName: The word 'ruth' means mercy; John is certainly much more honorable and merciful than other members of his profession.

* PetTheDog: While he insists that Mannix is a liar through and through, he does agree with him when he compliments O.B.'s driving skills, saying that's the only true thing he's said. He also occasionally treats Daisy with civility, but it usually ends up poorly.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He uses some racial slurs, though not as often as other characters, and he never directly calls Warren "nigger" (only ever repeating it after other people say it). He does later paints the black race as untrustworthy after [[spoiler:Warren reveals his Lincoln letter is fake]], but nevertheless, his attitude is more FairForItsDay, seeing as how he genuinely comes to trust and respect Warren, clearly hates slavery, and chastises Daisy for calling Warren a nigger. Even him labeling blacks as untrustworthy is more because of the betrayal than him sincerely thinking it.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted, and practically subverted. Daisy Domergue's face starts off severely bruised and only gets worse, the screenplay mentioning a "once sexy smirk" at one point.
* ChainedHeat: She is chained to Ruth in order to ensure she doesn't escape him.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Daisy can be quite jovial, but at the same time she is very much a murderer sentenced to hang, and is as monstrous as that implies.
* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Inverted; she's arguably the ''worst'' out of anyone at the haberdashery.

%%HeroKiller isn't just about killing heroes, it's also an impression of horror that stops heroics. She definitely doesn't have that.
* {{Jerkass}}: All the rest of the Eight, with the exception of [[spoiler:the Hangman]], are either violent criminals, vicious racists, or just general jerks. Daisy is ''all three.''
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Daisy is finally hanged by the film's climax, the fate she spent the whole movie trying to avoid, courtesy of Warren and Chris after she and her gang killed Ruth and a whole lot of other people. The two men hang her instead of blowing her brains out as a mark of respect to Ruth.]]

* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:She's happy to engage in "defiant madwoman" displays... as long as she's confident Jody and friends will save her from the gallows in the end. When their plan falls apart, and it becomes obvious that her life is in serious danger, all her "quirks" go right out the window and she resorts to a desperate combination of bargaining and threats.]]

* AntiHero: He is an unapologetic racist, but is overall a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* ByTheBookCop: [[spoiler: For most of the film, which is one of his more redeeming traits. While he's clearly a fan of General Smithers, and warns him against reacting to Warren's provocations, he doesn't give any indication that he'll prosecute Warren after he shoots Smithers in (technical) self-defense.[[note]]Bear in mind that Warren is a black man in the 1870s, so Mannix could easily find a sympathetic jury if he wanted; he's taking the high road, and going against his own political sympathies, purely for the law's sake. It is mentioned that he, Ruth, and Mobray debated the legality of the shooting afterwards, so it's likely Mannix argued for prosecution but [[GracefulLoser conceded]] when Mobray and Ruth both determined it to be self-defense.[[/note]] He also holds his fire, in the heat of the moment, when Grouch shows that he's unarmed. In the end, Mannix resorts to dishing out "frontier justice" against Daisy to avenge Ruth and O.B, but that's only because he's not in a position to serve justice legally (and even then, as the sheriff of Red Rock, it could be argued he has the authority to hang her anyway).]]
* CharacterDevelopment: He's the only character in the film who not only changes, but changes for the better. [[spoiler:He starts out as a rather dim racist, but by the end he allies with Warren and works out for himself that Daisy's offers and threats are hollow, proving he had real potential as a lawman.]]

** When John Ruth threatens to leave him to die in the blizzard because Chris refuses to part with his weapon, Chris quickly points out that doing so for simply that reason would make he and Warren complicit in Chris' almost certain subsequent demise, which causes Ruth to relent. This subtly displays that Chris is ''much'' smarter than he seems. [[spoiler:[[{{Foreshadowing}} Smart enough to, say, figure out that Warren's Lincoln letter is fake, and that Daisy is bullshitting him during the climax of the film.]]]]
** It's mentioned that he is the youngest of his father's sons, his father being the titular leader of Mannix's Marauders. Depending on how old he is, and how far from the Civil War the film takes place, it is possible that his [[spoiler:earlier war criminal past]] happened when he was still fairly young.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He ([[JerkassHasAPoint justifiably]]) calls out Warren for his brutality against [=POWs=] and Native Americans, only for an angered Ruth to comment that a member of a murderous Confederate bushwhacker gang is really the last person who should be calling out someone's wartime atrocities.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He points out that Warren killed Native Americans during the war, in addition to many Union [=POW=]s as collateral damage during his escape.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Him hanging Daisy at the end with Warren's help.]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: He's a huge racist who was part of a rebel gang that killed freed slaves, but still a better guy than most of the people in the cabin.

* NobleBigot: He is very racist, but offers to buy Ruth and Warren dinner once they get to Red Rock, and is a rather jovial and helpful fellow. [[spoiler:He's also one of the few lodgers who is not affiliated with Daisy's gang.]]
* TheOnlyOneITrust: [[spoiler:Warren decides to trust him because he nearly drank the poisoned coffee, and thus couldn't have been the one responsible for poisoning it]].

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:A good contestant for the position. Unlike the rest of the characters, Chris receives a nasty, yet not completely fatal bullet wound, and makes it to the end of the film alongside Warren. While Warren will most likely bleed out from his... cracked huevos, Chris might have a chance to tend to his wound. The movie ends before we find out.]]

* TheCaretaker: Not of any specific person, but he has been entrusted to watch over Minnie's Haberdashery while the owner is away. [[spoiler:Or so he claims.]]

* OnlyOneName: He's only known as Bob, and doesn't have any given last name. [[spoiler:His real name is Marco, and there's still no last name.]]

* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:Of the likable variety. He's the friendliest of the people encountered at the lodge, and actively participates in discussions with the main characters. He's also got the second-highest bounty of Jody's gang, and kills Gemma with the same creepy dispassion he spoke of earlier.]]

* KillAndReplace: Warren lists him as a potential suspect even though he has documentation by suggesting he pulled this. [[spoiler: Considering his real identity, this is likely true.]]

* HiddenDepths: His reason for being in the lodge is that he's on his way to visit his mother and that he's writing his life story. [[spoiler:It's a lie, of course.]]

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: He wields a shotgun, and uses it to kill [[spoiler:Charly]].

* EvilOldFolks: He is quite old, and also a racist Confederate who ordered the massacre of black Union soldiers. [[spoiler:He also doesn't care ''at all'' when Minnie and her family are murdered right in front of him, and readily offers his cooperation in exchange for his life.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The original cut of the movie shows a mutual respect between him and Chris Mannix. However, the extended version shows him disparaging Mannix for offering him a bowl of stew from the table Warren was seated at.

* PetTheDog: He is nice to Chris, and he actually shows some respect for Warren when he offers him some stew.

* StealthPun: He fulfills both definitions of "confederate". Obviously, he was an officer in the Confederate army. But "confederate" can also mean an accomplice or someone who is in on a secret or deception. [[spoiler:Despite playing no part in it, he is fully aware of Jody's plan.]]

* ButtMonkey: He's forced to go outside in the blizzard to throw the guns into the outhouse and comes back damn near frozen to death, insisting he won't be going outside again. [[spoiler:After Smithers is shot]], everyone draws straws to help Joe get rid of the body outside; guess who draws the shortest. Then to top it all off, [[spoiler:he gets an excruciating death via projectile-vomiting blood after drinking the poisoned coffee]].
* CoolShades: A pair of round dark-glasses, presumably to overcome snow-blindness.

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Despite being something of a ButtMonkey in life, both Mannix and Warren speak highly of him after his death. Mannix treats his death as a KickTheDog moment for Joe Gage, and asks Warren if he can kill him right before Jody shoots Warren in the groin.]]
* NiceGuy: He's one of the few characters to not refer to Warren by any racial slurs, and is generally amiable and trustworthy. Appropriately, he ''isn't'' one of the ''Hateful'' Eight.

* RedShirt: He has almost no characterization or impact on the plot, hence why the movie is not called the Hateful ''Nine''.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChanningTatum
->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez ([=LatAm=] Spanish)

* BaitTheDog: Poor Minnie. He chats nicely with her, even flirting a bit, and teaches her some French, before coolly and casually gunning her down to begin the plot to rescue Daisy.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: He comes off as friendly, until he shoots Minnie in the face.

* BoomHeadshot: Courtesy of Warren to the back of his head. It's an appropiate KarmicDeath, as he shot Minnie in the face.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He finally shows himself to the group, and then unceremoniously gets the top of his head blown off shortly thereafter.

* WeWait: His plan is to wait for Ruth to drop his guard and kill him, since he knows he is dangerous. He was hiding in the basement for hours, waiting for a moment to strike.

* DeadAllAlong: They were murdered by Jody and his gang and their bodies dumped in the well several hours before the main characters arrived at the haberdashery.

* {{Sugarbowl}}: Before the Domergue Gang arrive, with the exception of the unwanted General Smithers, everyone in the Haberdashery appears upbeat and happy.

* InformedFlaw: Minnie does not display that much racism toward Bob, despite what Warren says. It is possible, however, that Warren was lying about this trait in order to test Bob's reaction. [[spoiler:It's worth noting she barely interacted with Bob before being killed, so it's also possible that she ''is'' that prejudiced but never found out he is a Mexican.]]

* HopeSpot: For a couple minutes, it seems as if he'll escape, until Joe tracks him to his hiding place by the blood spots he left and kills him.

* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Samuel L. Jackson, motherfucker.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:The only members who don't die on-screen are Mannix and Warren, who are dying from their wounds.]]

* TheSociopath: He's so evil, he manages to be this, even though he seems to love his sister.

* NamesTheSame: Or rather, Nickname's the Same. John is a bounty hunter nicknamed the Hangman -- not to be confused with Oswaldo Mobray, who is employed as an actual hangman.

* KillTheCutie: Lampshaded by Mannix.
->'''Mannix:''' [[spoiler:(speaking to Joe) You killed O.B.? He's worth ten of you!"]]

->'''Mannix (speaking to Joe):''' [[spoiler:You killed O.B.? He's worth ten of you!"]]

* KickTheMoralityPet: Lampshaded by Mannix

>'''Mannix (speaking to Joe):''' [[spoiler:You killed O.B.? He's worth ten of you!"]]